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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/CEP-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-35.180361
Energy at 298.15K-35.183733
Nuclear repulsion energy53.675116
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B1B95/CEP-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3233 3095 7.64      
2 A' 3180 3045 32.70      
3 A' 3066 2936 46.79      
4 A' 2140 2049 547.98      
5 A' 1514 1450 10.75      
6 A' 1435 1374 4.67      
7 A' 1398 1339 8.46      
8 A' 1161 1112 4.64      
9 A' 1099 1052 19.87      
10 A' 909 870 2.93      
11 A' 620 594 6.82      
12 A' 206 197 1.91      
13 A" 3147 3013 40.30      
14 A" 1496 1433 15.31      
15 A" 1055 1010 0.11      
16 A" 630 603 101.31      
17 A" 466 446 0.54      
18 A" 139 133 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13446.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9575) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12874.7 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/CEP-31G
ABC
1.23629 0.14415 0.13235

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.683 -0.387 0.000
C2 0.000 0.774 0.000
C3 1.529 0.822 0.000
O4 -1.283 -1.435 0.000
H5 -0.581 1.698 0.000
H6 1.971 -0.184 0.000
H7 1.899 1.354 0.892
H8 1.899 1.354 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.34712.52081.20752.08682.66263.23983.2398
C21.34711.52952.55451.09122.19202.17692.1769
C32.52081.52953.60532.28451.09921.10251.1025
O41.20752.55453.60533.21023.48624.32424.3242
H52.08681.09122.28453.21023.17132.65842.6584
H62.66262.19201.09923.48623.17131.77941.7794
H73.23982.17691.10254.32422.65841.77941.7835
H83.23982.17691.10254.32422.65841.77941.7835

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 122.278 C1 C2 H5 117.324
C2 C1 O4 179.269 C2 C3 H6 111.957
C2 C3 H7 110.556 C2 C3 H8 110.556
C3 C2 H5 120.398 H6 C3 H7 107.833
H6 C3 H8 107.833 H7 C3 H8 107.958
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.228      
2 C -0.115      
3 C -0.465      
4 O 0.035      
5 H 0.285      
6 H 0.180      
7 H 0.155      
8 H 0.155      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.482 1.978 0.000 2.471
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.534 -2.849 0.000
y -2.849 -25.042 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.851
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.412 -2.849 0.000
y -2.849 -0.849 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.563
Polar
3z2-r2-1.125
x2-y21.507
xy-2.849
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.227 2.005 0.000
y 2.005 6.232 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.958


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000